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August 2023 Moms
gingermama29
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All group check in w/o 1/16
gingermama29
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EDD/Weeks + days:
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Upcoming appointments:
How are you feeling?
Raves/Rants:
Questions:
GTKY: What’s the best vacation you’ve ever taken?
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green:
Baby is the size of a(n):
Upcoming appointments:
How are you feeling?
Raves/Rants:
Questions:
GTKY: What’s the best vacation you’ve ever taken?
Re: All group check in w/o 1/16
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): chocolate truffle
Upcoming appointments: Ultrasound coming up on Friday, Jan 20
How are you feeling? I feel less pregnant today after being so sick yesterday. I tried to sip liquids all day but throwing up 6x did not help at all. So I feel like I'm in a limbo
Raves/Rants: I got a callback from 2 midwifery groups, each with privileges to different hospitals. Choosing one is hard without having spoken to either of my assigned midwives yet.
Questions: None at the moment
GTKY: What’s the best vacation you’ve ever taken? We went to Bali and Singapore for our honeymoon and I still dream about it - it was so much fun and we ate like kings. Japan is up there in my top 3.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: finding out, the u/s tech guessed maybe boy today but didn’t want to “call it” officially, so still team finding out for sure.
Baby is the size of a(n): uh, a 12 week old fetus instead of an 11 & two days one
Upcoming appointments: next is early February.
How are you feeling? Exhausted all the time and some nasal congestion. Not really any nausea or any of that anymore.
Raves/Rants: We are going on a mountain trip with IL family later this week (MIL, FIL, SILs & their families). I guess it’s time they will all find out I’m pregnant because I won’t be snowboarding, or drinking, or sitting in the hot tub… what fun can I have?
Questions: Anyone had a low laying placenta? I was told today that it is partially covering the cervix but that they often move up out of the way as time goes on. Another thing I didn’t realize I had to worry about.
GTKY: What’s the best vacation you’ve ever taken? I went with a group of friends to HP wizarding world when that first opened in CA
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: FINDING OUT!!! just want it to be healthy
Baby is the size of a(n): Cherry 🍒
Upcoming appointments: next Monday the 23rd. Can’t come fast enough. I just need to hear that heart beat!!
How are you feeling? Physically great. Slight queasy maybe once a day. But it’s not bad. And tender breasts. But again, not bad. Not even painful. I’ve been super lucky!
Raves/Rants: I can’t stop craving cream cheese. That is all 🤣
Questions: do they do ultra sounds at every doctors apts ?
GTKY: What’s the best vacation you’ve ever taken?
hmmm. Just took one this past fall. Just went to Tennessee. Had a cabin in the mountains with my best friends. It was relaxing.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Finding out!
Baby is the size of a(n): raspberry
Upcoming appointments: first appt with my regular OB on the 31st
How are you feeling? Mostly good. Still the same symptoms of sore boobs, exhaustion, insomnia, occasional nausea, and emotional
Raves/Rants: DD has an ear infection and a cold so she’s been very clingy and whiny, which would be fine, except she’s fighting us about taking meds and it’s so hard to be patient and not get visibly frustrated. Ughhh.
Questions: nope
GTKY: What’s the best vacation you’ve ever taken? We went to Italy in October for my brother’s wedding (he lives there) and my
whole family went. We had a blast together and it was such a fun experience. I spent 6 months learning Italian before we went which made things more fun because we didn’t stay in very touristy areas and I was able to communicate pretty well.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: green but not finding out!
Baby is the size of a(n): width of a Reese’s cup
Upcoming appointments: tomorrow 1/17 for the chromosome blood work test
How are you feeling? Good overall now, most morning sickness and nausea went from 100 to 15. Just congestion at night time and sore throat for mouth snoring.
Raves/Rants: I can’t wait to tell my family. Just waiting to hit the 12 week mark and I have a fun surprise telling them. Just tired of them asking me for favors like cooking for them or they would surprise me and come over and I feel like I have to cater when all I want to do is lay there and take a nap.
Questions: how do I know if everything is going well after the first ultrasound if taken at 11 weeks? I understand you have to wait until after 12 weeks and the percentage of miscarriages goes down to 5%, but how do you know everything is still ok? Do I need to wait for the next ultrasound?
GTKY: What’s the best vacation you’ve ever taken? Mexico with my SO. Early in our dating years we took our first trip to playa del Carmen and it was perfect weather everyday, the food was amazing, the vibe was awesome, and we had hot sex everyday lol
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): grape
Upcoming appointments: Jan 30th or 31st. It’s that Monday.
How are you feeling? My symptoms vary from day to day but my anxiety seems to be skyrocketing. I’m not really sure why. I just feel anxious about everything.
Raves/Rants: I’m over the snow and cold. Although, I’m perfecting my routine with getting the kids dressed and out of the vehicle within a 10 minute period instead of 30 minutes. I guess I should be thankful it’s been in the 20’s and not the -20’s.
Questions: none
GTKY: What’s the best vacation you’ve ever taken? My Honeymoon to hawaii. We spent 2 weeks there and it was just the 2 of us. It was the last relaxing vacation I have ever taken. Vacationing with kids isn’t very relaxing and if you happen to be really unlucky and they all get sick, it’s actually like being in hell. 😆 True story, that actually happened to us once. My husband swore we would never leave our house again.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: finding out everyone thinks it’s a girl though, trying to not get my hopes up! I’d love the baby regardless but have always dreamed of having a little girl
Baby is the size of a(n): chocolate truffle
Upcoming appointments: Monday I have an appointment. I bet they’ll recheck my progesterone because they have me on suppositories
How are you feeling? I have felt like my symptoms have eased up a bit in the last few days. Still really nauseous and throw up if I wake up too early. I also have had cramping today that’s been a little more uncomfortable than it has been but not as bad as my first pregnancy. It still makes me anxious though.
Raves/Rants: I watch a baby during the week and they keep showing up 10minutes before scheduled time. In the grand scheme of things it’s really not a big deal but that’s 10 less minutes I get to lay in bed when I feel nauseous
GTKY: What’s the best vacation you’ve ever taken? I think it’s a tie between Australia 2012 and Vegas 2020. Australia was super cool and fun and completely unforgettable. I was representing the US for an international track meet in Brisbane and it was an amazing experience. Vegas was the first(and only) big out of state vacation we went on without DS. We were there for a week and it was so amazing to have all that time together, eat good food, and relax! The food was a big portion in it being one of the best, I still dream about the food there😂
Team: Finding Out
Baby is the size of a raspberry!
Upcoming appointments: 1/24
How are you feeling? Pretty good, except I’m napping like it is my literal job (apologies to my real, literal job 😅).
Raves/Rants: Raving about how good food tastes this pregnancy. I have little bursts of nausea, but mostly anything I eat tastes 10x better than normal, and I love it. Had this in my first pregnancy too, but not in the others. Ranting about insomnia—if I could sleep before 1 or 2 am, I might not need so many naps… 😴
GTKY: What’s the best vacation you’ve ever taken? When I was studying abroad at Oxford, some friends and I took a weekend trip to Ireland. We biked around Inis Mór, army crawled out to the edges of the cliffs to peek over them, and pet the ponies and the sheep, and it was about as wonderful and picturesque as you could hope.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: I wish I had the patience to be team green, but I'm sure we'll find out asap.
Baby is the size of a(n): lego guy
Upcoming appointments: we have an ultrasound appointment 1/25
How are you feeling? just really tired.
Raves/Rants:
Questions:
GTKY: What’s the best vacation you’ve ever taken? The month before my wedding I surprised my son and took him to Disney for a mommy & me weekend as a surprise just for him with all the wedding stuff that was going on. We ended up missing dh so much he jumped on a plane and surprised us down there.
@emeraldcity603 not trying to wish my life away, but I cannot wait for our first kid free vacation. We are setting ourselves back a bit with this one 😂
@Melissa112009 a cabin in the mountains sounds heavenly. I second what emerald said. We don’t get ultrasounds at every appointment, but they do the Doppler for heartbeat. We only have and ultrasound at 13 week scan for AMA and 20 week anatomy scan. But I’m in Canada so might be a bit different.
@tumbleweed-1 there was something up with my placenta positioning with my youngest kiddo. I think it was found at the 20 week scan and even still it GTFO’d by the time it needed to be out of the way of my cervix. I’ll go back and look at the comments.
Team: finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): raspberry
Upcoming appointments: nothing this week.
How are you feeling? Awful. Constant nausea. Bone tired. Anxious about telling work. Anxious about what the SCH may or may not be doing in there.
Raves: I called my doctor’s office last night in desperation for anti nausea meds prescription. My appointment is not until Jan 30th and I didn’t think I could make it. She called me back this morning and is sending a prescription to my pharmacy! Huzzah. Relieved that relief is in sight.
GTKY: What’s the best vacation you’ve ever taken? This is a tricky one! Maybe when we went to Fiji as a family when I was a kid. My parents put us in the kids club at the resort and we did all kinds of cool stuff. Ah to be young and have zero responsibilities. As an adult? When my whole family went to NZ to visit family and see the Rugby World Cup in 2011. My husband proposed on this trip and it was the last holiday my family took before my Mum got sick.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Finding out
Baby is the size of a(n): almost a cherry
Upcoming appointments: I think 2/10 is my next appointment. I have to do my labs next week
How are you feeling? Tired, no appetite, nauseous
Raves/Rants: I’m making it through the week somehow. That’s the best I have after a weekend of being laid up and super nauseous
Questions: n/a
GTKY: What’s the best vacation you’ve ever taken? We don’t travel much anymore due to our kids being busy. But one of the first times my husband and I went to Florida together when we were dating was probably my favorite vacation. I think it was around 2009. We rented a car and drove all over. Went down The Keys, saw a rocket launch, went to Disney, saw a baseball game. Super fun trip.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Team Green
Baby is the size of a(n): Lime
Upcoming appointments: I just had one Monday. I think my next is 2/13
How are you feeling? Still really good. I don't really have any symptoms. Just some bloating.
Raves/Rants: My daughter is sick with some unknown virus. Her fever finally broke, but then we had to wait 24 hours before we could send her back to daycare. I always say that sickness is the hardest part of parenting. It's a little bit of a scramble during the work week to figure out how we're going to juggle it and then also just being worried when she's sick too :-/ I think she's on the mend at least.
Questions:
GTKY: What’s the best vacation you’ve ever taken? We went to Spain for our 10 year and it was great. We traveled and ate our way all around and saw Barcelona, Granada, Madrid, and Seville.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Team Green… per my husband. Idk if I can wait that long!!
Baby is the size of a: chocolate truffle
Upcoming appointments: first one on 1/24 and I cannot wait.
How are you feeling? This week has really ramped up all the pregnancy nausea. I very rarely throw up (like 3 times in my entire life that my mom or I can even remember), some reason I really resist it and end up dry heaving instead. But that feeling is there all throughout the day now and sometimes I wish I could just throw up and get it over with. Let the dogs out? Dirty dishes? Dry heaving everywhere. Super fun. Oh and I’m so darn tired.
Raves/Rants: Really struggling with what I want to do in terms of work when baby arrives. My dream job is my ICU job with a 65 minute commute… but I also have an okayish job 5 minutes from home at another hospital. I need to probably drop one and I’m having such a hard time deciding. Advice welcome.
GTKY: What’s the best vacation you’ve ever taken? I’ve traveled a lot (perks of being an immigrant kid x2) so this is hard to say!! One that’s popping into mind right now is when my now husband and I went with our university band and toured a few countries in Europe. He ended up proposing in the last country which made for a pretty special ending!
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: officially team finding out even though we didn’t find out with our first
Baby is the size of a(n): strawberry or a paper clip?
Upcoming appointments: Friday with MFM to make my case for Lovenox (blood thinner injections as a prevention due to my clotting disorder, Factor V Leiden). They will check on baby too I think so hopefully will get a better picture than last time
How are you feeling? Today I didn’t feel great. Stomach wasn’t full on cramping but after dinner I became really uncomfortable. I was cramping a bit and then had sharp pains in my chest. I took it easy for about 20 minutes and it all passed. Hoping it was nothing
Raves/Rants: I am raving about our nanny. I love her and she brings peace to my life. Today I told her I’m pregnant in an attempt to see if she’d want to stay for the long haul while DS starts preschool in the fall and baby is born. I‘ll
Questions: this is maybe my own mental health screaming for help here but do things get easier as a parent once kindergarten starts? Whether or not you homeschool, I feel like at least by then your kid can focus on something without talking to you every 3 seconds? Another way to ask this question could be: how do you all stay sane when your toddler won’t stop talking, running, fussing, asking for things? I think I’ve realized I get overstimulated super quickly and my brain kind of goes haywire amidst the toddler crazy
GTKY: What’s the best vacation you’ve ever taken? My top has to be the semester I took off from college to work on organic farms in Italy. I traveled to four farms and worked and stayed with the farmers and their families. It was lovely. And then in between farms I flew to Spain to visit my friends who were studying abroad there and I LOVED Madrid. The fact that this is my favorite trip reminds me that I don’t actually love vacations — I find them stressful and exhausting — instead I like deeply immersive experiences like this where I’m doing something different / living a different life as opposed to visiting somewhere.
I’ll echo @emeraldcity603 and say that daily quiet times are super helpful. I also did a lot of sensory bin type stuff when he was younger, and that would sometimes keep his attention for 1/2 hour to an hour at a time. His favorite is a “snow” bin (baking soda) with arctic animals and trees, but he also adores kinetic sand and water play in the sink.
Team Finding Out/Pink/Blue/Green: Already found out with the MaterniT 21 PLUS test. We are having a boy!
Baby is the size of a(n):Lime
Upcoming appointments: 1/30 for next routine ultrasound and appointment
How are you feeling? extremely tired, sore boobs, bloated on and off
Raves/Rants: I am a back sleeper. I am trying to transition to side sleeping. I got a wedge pillow which is helping some, but I am still waking up at night because I am uncomfortable (and to pee).
Also, I am the director of lab operations at a biotech company. I originally volunteered to help my staff with a big screen in the lab. However, I found out that I can't because the reagents we are using aren't safe for the baby. It is too early to tell them, so I had to quietly remove myself from the schedule. I really want to tell them, so they don't think I am a jerk for bailing, but trying to hold off for a few more weeks. Even though I am their boss, I still like to go in the lab and be apart of the team for these big pushes. That has been really hard for me.
Questions: Is 13 weeks too early to tell work? Should I try to wait until I am closer to 16 weeks? I am also 5'3 and starting to show, so I am really torn on what to do. This is my 1st pregnancy and all signs point to things being healthy and normal, but I still constantly worry about miscarrying.
GTKY: What’s the best vacation you’ve ever taken? Last year, my husband and I went on a trip around the world with some friends. We went from DC to LA, LA to Singapore, Singapore to Bali, Bali to Dubai, Dubai to DC. It was a three week trip and we loved it! Singapore and Dubai are very modern and beautiful. The gardens in Singapore are breathtaking. The architecture in Dubai is incredible. Bali is beautiful in a different way. It is a very natural and spiritual place. We went scuba diving in Bali as well which was awesome. We saw sea turtles, sharks, lots of cool fish! I love experiencing other cultures and can't wait to go back to Asia one day.